NIGERIA GOVERNORS ASK NASS TO CUT DOWN INFECTIOUS DISEASE BILL

The Nigerian Governors Forum has asked the National Assembly to step down the Infectious Disease Bill to allow for wider consultations with stakeholders. It also set up a three-member committee…

RIVERS STATE INAUGURATES A NEW PDP CHAIRMAN

Ambassador Desmond has been inaugurated as the new PDP chairman of Rivers State. The new Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Executive Council has been inaugurated in Port Harcourt. Speaker…

NEED TO ENFORCE PRESIDENTIAL ORDER BANNING INTERSTATE MOVEMENT Senator Ike Ekweremadu (PDP, Enugu)

The Senate: Alarmed at the spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country, which currently stands at 4,641 cases and 150 deaths; Also alarmed that confirmed daily cases…

House of Representatives approves Buhari’s N850bn loan

The House of Representatives has approved the request by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to borrow N850bn to fund the 2020 budget. The Senate had earlier okayed the…

Emir of Ilorin thanks Buhari for appointing Gambari as chief of staff

Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, emir of Ilorin, has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Ibrahim Gambari as his new chief of staff. Gambari, who is a professor of political science and Nigeria’s former permanent…

BUHARI APPOINTS PROF. IBRAHIM GAMBARI AS NEW CHIEF OF STAFF

A former Under Secretary General of the United Nations, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari has been appointed the new Chief of Staff to the President. Gambari, from Kwara State was the Minister…

COVID-19: YOUR INCOMPETENCE , BACKSEAT GOVERNANCE DESTROYING, KILLING NIGERIAN – PDP ATTACKS BUHARI

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the manifest incompetence of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led presidency is destroying Nigeria. PDP said Buhari’s lack of visibility and failure to personally lead…

Ekweremadu @58: reflections on feedinG bottle federalism and covid-19

By Uche Anichukwu Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate and Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, nailed the Nigerian situation in three words that have stuck in the…

GOVERNOR WIKE AUCTIONS SEIZED FOR VIOLATING LOCKDOWN REGULATION

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said vehicles impounded for violating the COVID-19 lockdown regulations would be auctioned. He said on Thursday: “The defaulters will be tried by the…

PDP REJECTS N108 EX-DEPOT FUEL PRICE, INSISTS ON N70 PUMP PRICE

PDP Rejects N108 Ex-Depot Fuel Price, Insists on N70 Pump Price The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rejects Federal Government’s pinch in ex-depot price of fuel to N108 liter, insisting on…